my return 2002

Chapter 265 Layout Music Copyright
The preparations for the YY Awards Ceremony went much smoother than expected. On the one hand, as the second largest instant messaging software in mainland China, YY’s influence is no longer what it used to be, especially the popularity of YY Diary, which has further established YY’s popularity among young users. status.

On the one hand, it is the cooperation with Mango TV. The popularity of Super Girl last year is still vivid in my memory. Mango TV has also established the status of the first-line entertainment TV in the mainland by virtue of this variety show.

Wang Xing handed Shen Lang a list.

"Mr. Shen, this is the list of guests for our YY Awards Ceremony. If there are no problems, we will make a decision based on this."

Shen Lang took a look, not to mention, it was really a gathering of big names. In addition to artists from Huayi, many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars also appeared on the list, and there were many big names like Hua Tsai.

In fact, it is no wonder that the vigorous development of the mainland film market in recent years has led many Hong Kong filmmakers to choose to go north to develop. Many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are also flocking to the mainland market. Naturally, such a good opportunity to show their faces will not be missed. There are even artists' brokerage companies. proactively contacted.

"Well, why is there such a high proportion of acting stars? There are so few singers?" Shen Lang frowned slightly after watching it. Although many acting stars in Xiangjiang can also sing, they are still far behind real professional singers.

Wang Xing explained helplessly: "Interpreting stars want to come to the mainland to make money. For publicity, it is naturally easier to invite singers."

It is also a very helpless thing to say. When Duan Zhongyi, the owner of Rolling Stone Music, came to the Internet era, he excitedly thought that the era of music had come, and he would no longer be troubled by pirated tapes.

However, the fact is that the Internet has indeed eliminated pirated tapes, and at the same time completely eliminated the future of legitimate video products. Although piracy was rampant in the past, you still have to buy Walkmans and tapes after all.

After the MP3 and multimedia functions of mobile phones are gradually released, you only need to download them online, which is completely free. Baidu even directly launched such a cancer as Baidu MP3. Basically, all pirated songs can be downloaded easily by users.

There is a huge market in the mainland, but it is dominated by pirated copies. On the contrary, Hong Kong and Taiwan have always had the habit of buying genuine tapes and CDs. The music market in Hong Kong and Taiwan has also completely withered, and music companies have only begun to transform into singers and artists, and go north to make money.

This is the status quo of the domestic music scene in 2006. Most singers only come to the mainland to do a wave of publicity when releasing records or holding concerts in the mainland. Most of the time they still develop in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

Thinking of this, Shen Lang suddenly had an idea, and said to Wang Xing: "Well, you can contact these music companies and tell them that we can buy the music copyrights they have in hand."

Wang Xing was taken aback: "Mr. Shen, there's no need to do this, right? The worst thing is to pay some money, and it's useless to buy this copyright. Now it's all pirated."

Shen Lang smiled and shook his head: "It's because they are all pirated copies now that we have the opportunity to hold the copyright in our hands at a lower price."

"Mr. Shen, you mean that the copyright will be tightened in the near future?" Wang Xing thought that Shen Lang had received some rumors.

"Copyright tightening is certain, not necessarily in the near future. We can't just stare at the front when we are an enterprise. In many cases, strategic layout is the key to victory."

After listening to Shen Lang's words, Wang Xing was stunned, knowing that Shen Lang was calling him, and said gratefully: "Okay, I'll get in touch right away."

The news that Dew Mountain Entertainment would collect music copyrights spread quickly in the entertainment industry. For a while, the heads of music companies from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places went to Shanghai. They met a big fool this year, bah, good man, it's not easy.

On this day, the owners of Rolling Stone Music, Emperor Entertainment, and the heads of these record companies gathered in Building 690, No. 5, Bibo Road. Among them was Wang Zhonglei, an old acquaintance of Shen Lang. As for why he came, the reason is very simple. Huayi Brothers Music The company has also launched singers such as "Xu Quan" and Huang Zheng, and has some music copyrights in its hands.

However, compared to the heads of other music companies, Wang Zhonglei came this time mainly to join forces with La Shenlang. Seeing that Shen Lang's business is getting bigger and bigger, and his influence is increasing day by day, Wang Zhonglei naturally wants to hug this thigh in advance.

"Hey, Mr. Yang, such a trivial matter is not enough for your old man to go there in person."

In the reception room, there are all old acquaintances in the same industry. Except for some people who are really hard to see, everyone naturally wants to exchange pleasantries. Wang Zhonglei jokingly shook Yang Shoucheng's hand.

Yang Shoucheng was over 60 at this time, but he looked quite tough, and said with a smile: "I see, you should be the last person in this room."

Everyone burst into laughter, everyone knew that Huayi Brothers is mainly engaged in film and television.

While they were talking, Shen Lang and Wang Xing came to the reception room, and the atmosphere in the reception room became extremely lively. Shen Lang also smiled and greeted the person in charge of the music company present.

"Mr. Wang is free to come and sit with me today. He is not allowed to leave for a while. Last time I was fed up enough, this time I have to find my way back." Shen Lang chose to be the last one to greet Wang Zhonglei, but held his hand He made a joke with his hand, which was enough to save face.

Seeing Shen Lang chatting and laughing happily with Wang Zhonglei, looking very familiar, they couldn't help secretly envious.

Wang Zhonglei glanced triumphantly at the crowd present, straightened his chest and said with a smile: "Haha, let the horse come here."

"Everyone sit down, everyone is an old-timer who makes music, so don't be so polite." Shen Lang greeted everyone to sit down.

After everyone sat down, they all looked at Shen Lang eagerly, waiting for his next words.

Shen Lang said sternly: "Everyone's time is precious, so I won't repeat myself. Everyone knows that the current music market is chaotic, piracy is rampant, music companies can't make money, and music producers and singers can't make money either. I think it's time for this mess to end."

As soon as the words fell, everyone at the scene was shocked, and they all looked at Shen Lang in surprise, and then there was a burst of whispering.

Duan Zhongyi, the owner of the Rolling Stones, smiled wryly: "Mr. Shen, if you just want to join us in fighting piracy, it's not that I'm throwing cold water on you. It's useless. Our Music Association has also held large-scale anti-piracy actions more than once, but it has no effect at all. The more pirated copies are fought."

"Yeah, these pirated music sites are like wildfires that never burn out, and spring breeze blows and regenerates."

The bosses of music companies have complained about their bitterness, obviously they have been deeply harmed by piracy for a long time.

Yang Shoucheng cleared his throat: "Everyone, don't be in a hurry. Since Mr. Shen took a lot of trouble to get everyone here, he must have some countermeasures. My old man put his words here. As long as the problem of piracy can be solved, Emperor will definitely cooperate Mr. Shen."

"That's right, our Rolling Stones are also fully cooperating."

"And so are we at Warner Music."

Seeing this, Shen Lang nodded slightly, and said seriously: "Everyone should know that the Xingchen Chinese website is also a product of our company, and I have always attached great importance to copyright. Recently, our company cooperated with Meizu to launch a mobile terminal. I plan to make a A music community platform.”

The heads of the music companies present all looked at each other in blank dismay, not quite understanding what the music community platform Shen Lang was talking about. After all, they were all engaged in music and didn't know much about the Internet.

"Mr. Shen, can you be more straightforward?" Yang Shoucheng said.

Shen Lang said with a smile: "As you all know, there are a lot of music player software on the market, and what they provide is just the music player function. Users need to put those pirated music on the computer into the MP3 or the memory card of the mobile phone before they can play it. Music, and the music community platform I want to build, music playback and download are just basic functions.”

"What's more important is to give it social attributes. Music is one of the most direct and touching arts. There is always a song that touches the softest part of people's hearts. At this time, users have the desire to express, but ordinary Music software can’t satisfy users’ desires, and we will provide a comment function for each song, so that users can not only vent their inner emotions, but also communicate and share with strangers.”

Shen Lang saw that everyone still looked confused, so he had no choice but to continue to explain: "Everyone should know Baidu Post Bar? In the future, our music community will be equivalent to a dedicated music post bar. Users who like a song or a singer, You can find like-minded friends through the comments below the songs, and we will also open some singer zones, and in the future, artists under the company will release albums or release new songs, and they can be promoted in this community.”

"Of course, we can actually do piracy directly like other music player software, but as far as my personal feelings are concerned, I still hope to get your support, not to mention reversing the rampant piracy situation, at least we must keep one for Chinese music. Tinder."

The meeting room became lively again, and Yang Shoucheng, Duan Zhongyi and the others also began to communicate with each other in low voices.

They also understand the benefits of this music community, but they are really unwilling to let them just hand over the music copyright in their hands to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang wasn't in a hurry when he saw this, he didn't intend to go whoring for nothing from the beginning, he just said this to lower the psychological price of these music company bosses, you must know that even if it is the price of cabbage, once the quantity is large, it is not a small sum number.

"Our company has formulated two plans internally. You can see which plan suits you and choose by yourself."

"One set of plans is to directly authorize the music copyright to us, and we will share with you through the wireless downloading fee model of users. The other set of plans is that we directly buy out the music electronic copyright on hand."

Hearing that Shen Lang was willing to spend money, many music companies present became excited, not to mention how much money there is, as long as they can be sold, they will be profitable, and if they are in their hands, they will be pirated for free.

However, Yang Shoucheng and Duan Zhongyi had different ideas compared to the big record companies like Rolling Stone and Emperor. They began to weigh the two plans, which one would be more profitable.

Yang Shoucheng said to Shen Lang: "Mr. Shen, I want to know, how is the sales of this mobile terminal that you cooperated with Meizu?"

"The sale has not officially started yet." Shen Lang shrugged, he naturally hoped to buy out the copyright directly, and the first plan was just used as a foil.

After hearing Shen Lang's words, Yang Shoucheng and Duan Zhongyi were greatly disappointed, and in the end they both chose to buy out directly.

On the contrary, a record company called Alpha chose to share the share, which made Shen Lang very puzzled. After an in-depth conversation with the other party, he realized that this record company called Alpha was the record company that Jay Chou worked for.

As for the specific buyout and sharing price, Shen Lang did not participate in it. He does not need to come forward in person for this kind of matter, and the bosses of these music companies will not end in person. Leave room for maneuver, otherwise it will be troublesome if the two sides are agitated and tear each other apart during the negotiation.

As the host, Shen Lang naturally wanted to invite these people to a meal. At the banquet, everyone exchanged glasses. Many music company bosses were drunk, and Shen Lang had already arranged a hotel for them to stay.

Wang Zhonglei waited for Shen Lang to send the others away before holding him back.

"Mr. Shen, let me tell you the truth. You are investing in filmmaking and music copyright. Are you planning to enter the entertainment industry?"

Shen Lang hiccupped, took a sip of water, calmed down, looked at Wang Zhonglei, and said with a smile: "Why did Mr. Wang suddenly mention this?"

Wang Zhonglei said seriously: "Mr. Shen, what do you think of our Huayi?"

"It's pretty good." Shen Lang replied casually.

During this period, Huayi was still thriving.

"If Mr. Shen is interested, my eldest brother and I can sell a part of Huayi shares to Mr. Shen." Seeing that Shen Lang didn't respond positively, Wang Zhonglei had no choice but to propose it.

The sight of all the top music companies in the entire Chinese music scene being brought together in one message gave Wang Zhonglei a new understanding of Shen Lang's influence. What he is most afraid of now is that if one day Shen Lang invests quietly If you buy other film and television companies, it will be troublesome at that time, so you still have to hug this thigh quickly.

Shen Lang was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, investing in Huayi now will not lose money no matter what. At that time, most of them will be thrown out like Jack Ma, earning dozens of times the profit, which can be regarded as a successful investment.

"How many shares does Mr. Wang plan to sell?" Shen Lang asked.

Wang Zhonglei gritted his teeth: "10%, as long as Mr. Shen contributes 67 yuan, how about it?"

Shen Lang secretly laughed, did he cut off Jack Ma's beard?

"make a deal."

If you don't take advantage of the bastard, Shen Lang naturally readily agrees.

After Wang Zhonglei returned to the hotel room, he called his brother Wang Zhongjun and explained the situation.

Wang Zhongjun praised: "Well, well done, although the price is a bit high, but with Shen Lang as a shareholder, it will be of great help to our future financing, and it is worth it."

Soon, the news that the major music companies sold the copyright to Mountain Dew Entertainment began to spread on the Internet, which made many music download website companies laugh at Shen Lang because he had money and no place to spend it.

But Li Yanhong smelled something unusual from it.

(End of this chapter)